T R Shankar Raman is a writer and wildlife scientist based in the Anamalai hills of southern India. His work focuses on the ecology and conservation of tropical forests and their wildlife—particularly rainforest plants, birds, and mammals of the Western Ghats.
He writes creative nonfiction and essays on nature and conservation for newspapers, magazines, and blogs, along with occasional book reviews and feature articles. He is the author of The Wild Heart of India: Nature and Conservation in the City, the Country, and the Wild (Oxford University Press, 2019) and co-author, with Divya Mudappa, of Pillars of Life: Magnificent Trees of the Western Ghats (2018), illustrated by Nirupa Rao and Sartaj Ghuman.
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